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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Place Ely, Cambridgeshire Level [40] File

1. Stowe Ch 31

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Stowe Ch 31
Title:
Confirmation of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) for Ely Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edgar confirms privileges and land at Melbourn and Armingford, Cambridgeshire, and at Northwold, Norfolk, for Ely Abbey, in exchange for 60 hides (cassati) at Harting, Sussex; dated 970, with Latin and English versions (Sawyer, no. 779). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Hęc est carta regi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2. Stowe MS 154

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Stowe MS 154
Title:
Scope & Content:
TRANSCRIPTS, facsimiles, and drafts of English and Foreign State letters; 1549-1765. A few of them have memoranda in the hand of Thomas Astle, and are copies of letters that have since been acquired by the British Museum. The contents are:- 1. Henry II. of France to, [Con Baccach] O'Neill, Ear...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1549-1765
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 754

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 754
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. III. (ff. 280). LETTERS On various topics; 21 Feb. 1757-21 Oct. 1768. (At the end of Vol. III. a letter to Thomas Astle, 4 July, 1797, is inserted.) includes: ff. 1, 10 Cæsar Ward, of York: Letters to Dr. C. Lyttelton: 1749-1758. ff. 2, 8, 18, 50, 64, 74, 78, 80, 89, 96, 100, 106, 116, 11...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1757-4 Jul 1797
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 807

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 807
Title:
Scope & Content:
CAMBRIDGE COLLECTIONS, by Francis Blomefield; containing materials for short historical notices of the several colleges and of their most noteworthy members, in the form of extracts from various sources and newspaper cuttings, together with an account of the churches in Cambridge and of the monu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 1047

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1047
Title:
Scope & Content:
COMMONPLACE-BOOK of Francis Thynne, Lancaster Herald [1602- 1608], relating to English history and antiquities; consisting of extracts from chronicles, monastic registers, etc., including the following:- 1. "Thinges taken oute of an olde writen frenche cronicle," treating of the relations betw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 1057

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Stowe MS 1057
Title:
Scope & Content:
COLLECTION Of tracts, etc., made apparently by Dr. Zachary Grey, Rector of Houghton Conquest (ob. 1766), in whose hand the first 92 leaves are written. From a note by Rev. William Cole, the Cambridge antiquary, in Add. MS. 5822, f. 123, it would seem that he borrowed this volume from Dr. Grey in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item